Seaport in Virginia / George Washington's Alexandria

by Gay Montague Moore

Johnson, Thomas, [47]
Johnston, George, [14], [21], [53]
Jones, Charles, [42]
Jones, John Paul, [37]
Joynt, Mr. & Mrs. John Howard, [173], [183]
Keith, Rev. Isaac Stockton, [140]
Klipstein, George T., [215]
Knox, Henry, letter from Washington, [213]
Korell, Mr. & Mrs. Franklin F., [225]
Ladd, John Gardner, [96]
La Fayette, Marquis de, [37];
entertained by Masonic lodge, [110];
toast to town, [49];
visit to Alexandria, [176], [239];
visit described by Hallowell, [247]f;
visit to Henry Lee, [208];
visit to Lawrason home, [239]f
La Fayette-Lawrason-Cazenove House, [239]f
Lamphire, Going, [39]
Latrobe, Benjamin H., [183]
Laundries, [42]
Lawrason, Mrs. Elizabeth, [44], [242]
Lawrason family, origin of, [244]
Lawrason House, visit of La Fayette to, [239]f
Lawrason, James, [242]
Lawrason, John, [46]
Leadbeater, Mr., [195]
Lear, Tobias, [192]
Lee, Arthur, bequest, [226];
civic services, [225]f
Lee, Cassius, [134], 227
Lee, Charles, [227];
real estate transactions, [226]
Lee, Edmund (I.) Jennings, [28];
bequests, [227];
civic services, [227];
real estate transactions, [226], [227];
visitor to Mount Vernon, [226]
Lee (Edmund Jennings) House, [225]f
Lee, Francis, [21]
Lee family, connection with Mount Vernon, [226]
Lee, Henry ("Light Horse Harry"), [37], [208]
Lee, Ludwell, [28]
Lee, Mary Custis, [208]
Lee, Robert Edward, [27], [196], [202]f, [227];
accepts Confederate command, [229];
association with Lloyds, [252];
attends Hallowell school, [248];
confirmed at Christ Church, [136];
member of Christ Church, [229];
resigns from Army, [229]
Lee, Thomas, [93]
Lee, William, civic services, [93]
Lewis, Lawrence, [27]
Lewis, Lorenzo, [27]
Library, municipal, [255]
Lloyd family, association with Lees, [252];
idiosyncrasies, [253]
Lloyd House, [248]
Lloyd, John, [251]
Lodge, Henry Cabot, description of Virginia society, [225]
Lodging, cost of, [197]
London Company, [3]
Lots, auction of, [7]f;
division of town into, [6];
prices paid for, [9]
Lotteries, source of income, [9], [21]
Lyceum, municipal, [254]f;
sold to Daingerfields, [256]
Lyle, William, [92];
civic services, [92];
mercantile activities, [92]
Lynn, Adam, [44]
MacCrea, Mrs. Donald, [237]
MacKenzie, Lewis, [96]
Madison, James, comment on immigrants, [52]
Makemie, Francis, [139]
Married Houses, [71]f
Marshburn, Mrs. Herbert E., [71]
Marsteller House, [25]
Mason, George, [7], [53];
ability as architect, [39]
Matthews, Miss Frona, [60]
McGuire, Dr. Hugh, [258]
McGuire, Sara J., [258]
McIver, Colin, real estate transactions, [130]
McKenzey, William, [170]
Meade, Rev. William, [136]
Mercer, George, [188]
Merchants, activities of, [42]
Meredith, Reese, letter to Washington, [157]
Merryman, Joshua, [42]
Militia, attachment to Braddock's command, [16];
composition, [14]
Miller, Mordecai, [44]
Moncure, Rev. John, real estate transactions, [127]
Moore, Col. & Mrs. Charles B., [87], [99], [215]
Moore family, [127];
acquisition of Sewell property, [130]
Moore, Cleon, [27]
Morris, Governor, [15]
Morris, Gouverneur, [236]
Morris, Patsy J., [236]
Mount Vernon, associated with Lee family, [226];
funds hidden, [76];
visitors to, [57]f, [120]
Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, [75]
Muir, Rev. James, [140];
burial of, [141]
Murray, Mrs. Alexander, [112]
Murry, John, [189]
Murry, Patrick, real estate transactions, [169]
Mutual Assurance Society, [154]
New Theatre, [28]
Newspapers, [28];
Alexandria Gazette, oldest, [222]
Newton, William, [170]
O'Conner, Eliza Harriot, [27]
Organ, Christ Church, [136]
Orme, Lt. Robert, [15]
Osborne, Richard, [5]
Pagan, John, [5]
Pain, William, [40]
Parsons, James, [39];
builds Christ Church, [132]
Pastors, distinguished, [135]f
Patterson, James, [39]
Patton, James, [217];
indebtedness, [218]
Peake, Col. W.H., [201]
Peruke Shop, [127]f
Peterkin, Constance Lee, [134]
Pew marker, Washington's, [134]
Pickens, Mrs. Andrew, [217]
Piper, John, [46]
Pistole, use in Colony, [9]
Pittman, John, [44]
Pohick Church, [134]
[Port of Alexandria], activity, [33];
decline in activity, [46]f;
importance of, [17]f
Porter, Thomas, [28]
Potomac Navigation Company, [47]f
Potomac River, navigation of, [47]
Potts, John, [202]
Powell, Mary G., [25], [161], [211], [222]
Powell, Molly Gregory, [134]
Presbyterian Cemetery, [146]
Presbyterian Manse, [40]
Presbyterian Meetinghouse, [39], [69], [139]f
Public works, [12], [21]
Publishers, [42]
Railroads, [48]
Ramsay, Alexander, [52]
Ramsay, Ann McCarty, memorial to, [61];
patriotic activities, [55]
Ramsay House, [52]f
Ramsay, William, [5], [14], [17], [21];
activities of sons, [56]f;
bequests, [59];
civic services, [54];
family, [55];
funeral, [60];
initial founder, [52]f;
letter to Dennis, [56];
memorial to, [60];
mercantile activities, [53];
real estate transactions, [55], [114]f, [130]
Reese, Mrs. Robert M., [99], [195]
Relief Fire Company, [150]
Religious tolerance, [139]
Revolution, aftermath of, [34]
Ricketts, John Thomas, [170]
Riddle, Joseph, [28], [46]
Roberts, Reuben, [259]
Robinson, Joseph, [188]
Rochambeau, Count de, [37]
Rochefoucauld, Duc de la, [39]
Rogers, Walter G., [215]
Roofers, [46]
Rush, Dr. Benjamin, [56], [162]
Saint Mary's Church, [255]
Saint Paul's Church, [183]
Salkeld, Henry, [9]
Sandford, Edward, [43]
Sayers, Dr. & Mrs. R.R., [203]
Scheffer, Lloyd L., [62]
[Schools], [22], [141];
Hallowell's, [247]f
Scott, Gen. Winfield, [196]
Sea Captain's Daughter's House, [259]f
Sea Captains' Houses, [159]
Servants, [31], [128]
Seventeenth Virginia Infantry, [48], [258]
Sewell, William, indebtedness, [128];
real estate mortgaged, [130];
real estate purchases, [128]
Sharpe, Governor, [15]
Sheen, Gordon, [112]
Shipbuilding, [18]
Shippen, Dr. William, [162]
Shipping. See [Port of Alexandria]
Shirley, Governor, [15]
Short, John, [46], [188]
Shreve, Benjamin, [242]
Shuter's Hill, anonymous poem, [178]f
[Silversmiths], [42]
Sinclair, Mrs. C.A.S., [99]
Slaves, [115], [164], [165], [262]
Smith, William, [170]
Smoot, Mr. & Mrs. W.A., [253]
Snowden, Edgar, civic services, [222]
Snowden, Samuel, [222]
Spaatz, Gen. Carl, [188]
Sports, [31]
[Spring Gardens], [197]f
Stabler, Edward, [195]
Star Fire Company, [154]
Stratford Hall, [93]
Stuart, Dr. David, [27]
Stuart, Lt. J.E.B., [196]
Sun Fire Company, [147]f;
membership, [151]
Swope House, [112]f
Swope, Michael, civic services, [116];
migration to Alexandria, [117];
real estate transactions, [117]
Taverns, fame of, [197]
Taylor, E.P., [42]
Taylor, George, [218]
Taylor, J. Frank, [215]
Taylor, Lawrence B., [223]
Taylor, Robert I., [104], [183], [218]
Theatres, erection of, [28]
Thom, Rev. William, [140]
Thompson House, [71]f
Thompson, Jonah, [28];
real estate transactions, [74]
Tobacco, supplanted by wheat, [32];
use as exchange, [4], [17]
Tolley, Hon. & Mrs. Howard R., [119], [126]
[Town of Alexandria], building of, [9]f;
capital of West Virginia, [48];
decline and resurgence, [46]f;
early growth, [17]f;
effect of Civil War, [48];
effect of War of 1812, [47]f;
enlargement, [21];
establishment, [5];
genesis, [3]f;
name adopted, [12];
paradox of location, [49];
part of federal district, [39];
post-Revolution building, [40];
re-ceded to Virginia, [48]
Towns, colonial, authority asked to erect, [5]
Tradesmen, activities of, [42]
Trott, Mr. & Mrs. Harlan, [210]
Turner, Charles, [43]
Twining, Thomas, [39]
Van Braam, Jacob, [13]
Virginia Bill of Rights, [103]
Virginia Colony, development of, [3]f
Vowell, John Cripps, [160]
Vowell-Snowden House, [222]f
Vowell, Thomas Jr., [160];
real estate transactions, [223]
Warren, Anne, [110]
Washington, Augustine, [7], [14];
letter to Lawrence, [7];
real estate transactions, [114]
Washington, city of. See [District of Columbia]
Washington, George, [7];
ability as architect, [39];
activities as farmer, [32];
advice to Braddock, [16];
association with Fitzhughs, [203];
attends Ramsay funeral, [61];
bequests, [193], [212], [214];
association with Fairfaxes, [78]f;
disposition of real estate, [215];
domestic purchases, [20]f;
education as surveyor, [79];
elected town trustee, [21];
encourages navigation, [47];
envisions waterways, [186];
last illness, [192];
letter from Meredith, [157];
letter to Cary & Company, [18];
letter to Knox, [213];
letters to Sally Fairfax, [82], [85];
Masonic funeral, [140];
mercantile interests, [212];
necrology, [230];
patron of Gadsby's, [110]f;
patron of learning, [25];
patron of Spring Gardens, [200];
pew marker saved, [134];
real estate transactions, [210]f;
resigns commission, [14];
service as vestryman, [134];
steward of Jockey Club, [29];
supervises Fairfax interests, [84];
tenements owned by, [210];
tomb designed by Yeaton, [237];
visit to French commandant, [13];
warned of Cabal, [187]
Washington, George Steptoe, [27]
Washington, John Augustine, [76]
Washington, Lawrence, [5], [7], [53]
Washington, Lawrence Augustine, [27];
real estate transactions, [215]
Washington, Lund, [35]
Washington, Martha, [35];
attended by Dr. Craik, [194];
letter to Betty Ramsay, [58]
Washington Public School, [25]
Washington, Robert W., [215]
Washington, Samuel, [27]
Watchmakers, [44]
Watson, Josiah, [28]
Weld, Isaac, [39]
West, Anne, [188]
West, Hugh, [4], [5]
West, John, [8], [17]
West, Thomas Wade, [28]
West Virginia, town becomes capital of, [48]
Weylie, John, [27]
Wheat, supplants tobacco, [32]
Wheat brokers, [32]
Widows, fashion affecting, [253]
Wilkinson, Thomas, [242]
Williams, William A., [44]
Wilson, Daniel, [188]
Wise, John, [99]f
Wise, N.S., [104]

Wood, Melissa Ann Hussey, [259]f
Wood, Robert Lewis, [262]
Wormley, Ralph, [7]
Wren, James, [40];
designs Christ Church, [132]
Wren, William, [25]
Yates Tavern. See [Spring Gardens]
Yeaton, William, [40];
designs Washington's Tomb, [237];
migration to Virginia, [232];
real estate transactions, [232], [234]
Yeaton, William C., [207]
Yeaton-Fairfax House, [232]f
Yellow fever epidemic, [46]
Zimmerman, Henry, [226]

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